New York City (finally) gets a bike share

May 29, 2013

Citi Bike, unveiled be Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday is now the country's largest bike share program.

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A Citi Bike stands at a docking station on May 29, 2013 in New York City. Citi Bike, the long awaited bike sharing program that launched over the Memorial Day weekend in New York, provides 6,000 bikes which are available for short-term rental at 330 stations in Manhattan below 59th Street and parts of Brooklyn. Until June 2nd only members of the Citi Bike program can use the bikes. The bikes will rent daily for $9.95 (plus tax ) or weekly for $25 and will be limited to trips of 30 minutes each. More than 16,000 people have signed up to be members so far.

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A Citi Bike stands at a docking station on May 29, 2013 in New York City. Citi Bike, the long awaited bike sharing program that launched over the Memorial Day weekend in New York, provides 6,000 bikes which are available for short-term rental at 330 stations in Manhattan below 59th Street and parts of Brooklyn. Until June 2nd only members of the Citi Bike program can use the bikes. The bikes will rent daily for $9.95 (plus tax ) or weekly for $25 and will be limited to trips of 30 minutes each. More than 16,000 people have signed up to be members so far.